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a separate environment commission or subcommittee to this committee of separate <br />individuals to serve to work on environmental policy. <br />Member Wozniak noted another accomplishment was the Comp. Plan was <br />approved and there are a number of sustainability components in the Comp. Plan <br />that would seem to be something the Commission or subcommittee would be tasked <br />with trying to flesh those out and look how the City starts to work toward meeting <br />some of those goals for energy and City energy use and City audit or energy use, <br />not just City buildings but the entire City. Tree diversity. <br />Chair Cihacek indicated he would prefer a separate body to work on the <br />environmental issues because a subcommittee would require some of this <br />Commission would need to attend those meetings and report back to the <br />Commission. He would like to have this discussion with the Council. He suggested <br />mentioning water rates briefly to the Council. He would like to have a conversation <br />about solar expansion to the OVAL plus other facilities in the City. <br />Member Joyce asked if the Commission needed to look at any storage or the <br />maintenance facilities. <br />Mr. Freihammer stated staff will be doing an additional facility study to look at the <br />overall campus and what the long-term plan is. He noted that is already in the <br />works and will be completed by the end of 2019. That could tie into the solar <br />discussion. <br />Member Misra indicated she would like the Commission to think about a couple of <br />things, one being an engaged education program for residents and possibly <br />commercial as well. Dealing with things like resource use and irrigation, whatever <br />these topics have been previously discussed. There could be something <br />comprehensive that could be looked at by the entire City. She stated she would <br />also be interested in having the Commission take a look at packaging. She thought <br />some action could be taken with recycling. <br />Chair Cihacek thought the Commission could think about how to integrate the <br />newsletter and communication activities into some sort of approach that helps get <br />out what the Commission is doing and ways to expand communication. <br />Mr. Freihammer thought the Commission should come up with some direct <br />questions for the Council to discuss with the Commission. <br />Member Hammer thought the question regarding the transit roads and transit <br />accessibilities would be good to discuss with the Council. <br />Chair Cihacek indicated he would like to push the Council to connect with the Met <br />Council representative, which he is new but push him to be more present at the <br />Commission level in hearing some of the concerns. <br />Page 9 of 10 <br />